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      __ ** __ The Northern Stafi- September 5...

      __ ** __ THE NORTHERN sTAfi- September 5 , 1846

      Fatal Accident Os The Gkavesexd And Roch...

      FATAL ACCIDENT OS THE GKAVESEXD AND ROCHESTER BAIL _1 VAY . Oa "Friday afternoon , _between four and five o _' cloclc , an accident , attended with loss of life , occurred on the Gravesend and Rochester Kail way , The facts of the case will appear from the following evidence given at the inqnest- on the body , which was held on Saturday afternoon ,- at two o _' cleck , _\>«&> re Mr . Lewis , corouer for the City ana _oorough of Rochester , at > he Waterwell and Canal Tavern . Strood .

      The Jury having heen impanelledand sworn , proceeded to view the body of William Woodford , aged 42 years , who for some time had been employed as a . platelayer in the _smieeof the directors ofthe Gravesend and Rochester Railway . The remains presented a most fri g htfully mutilated appearance , the mayor part of the head being cut from the body , and both legs severed from the trunk . These portions ofthe un ' ortunate man lay in the engine _Bouse at the Rochester terminus . Mr . _Broadbent _, the station master , being called and sworn , stated that on Friday evening last he was on duty at the Rochdale station , when he was informed that an accidenthad occurred in the tunnel between that place

      and the H ' ghain station- He was informed that a man had " Men Hiiro * , there . Witness Immediately proceeded tothesp-it , where he fonnd the remains of the deceased "William Woodford , wbo was engaged in the company s service in laying plates , « fcc . He ( witness } saw the mutilateT remains of the deceased , which he found about _two-tlnrdsof the way from the end of the tunnel , nearest " Rochester . The body lay between tbe two lines of metal , the principal part o fthe bead and _lcg 6 betas divided from the tf unh . The skull was completely divided , the brains _beingln _iheporrion cut off . The remain * were conveyed _tmder the direction of _Mr . _Pru-lhoe , the superintendent , and iu the charge of witness , to the Strood station .

      James Brenchly stated , tbat he was a platelayer on the Gravesend and Rochester line , aad that on Friday afternoon lasthe was employed with deceased in the tunnel , _layi'V ? some rails . Abontfour o ' clock witness heard the Whistle of the train then due at the mouth ofthe tunnel , and he told deceased there was strain coming . This was about four or five minutes before it could reach them . "Withesi then Slid to his fellow-workman , the deceased , * 'I must go and fetch a candle . " Deceased replied , " "What train is this 1 " Witness said . " This is the train due from Gravesend . " Deceased then said , " How much have ' we to do before we finish for the night V Witness

      replied , "Not much : we have only a transome or two to pack before we shall have finished . " Witness then went for a candle , leaving deceased at work on the line . The train ' , as near as witness could judge , was 400 or 300 yards off at that time . "When he returned with the candle he { witness . ) foand deceased cut through , and lying across tiie rails as described by the station mister . Witness then went for assistance to the "lay by , " which was readily furnished . Deceased had plenty of time to have btained refuge in the recesses by the side of the railway _ft-om _' the coming train . Witness heard the whistle blown _whilst he was in the tunnel .

      After some deliberation , the following verdict was returned by the Jury : — " Th _* it thedeceased met with his death in an accidental manner by an engineandtrain , while employed in his nsual labour . Atthe same time , the Jury conld not separate without passing the highest eDCCmiums upon the system observed by the superintendenf in order to protect the servants ofthe company , and to promote the safety of the public in general . "

      Attempted Murder.—Suicide Through Jealou...

      ATTEMPTED MURDER . —SUICIDE THROUGH JEALOUSY . An inquest was held on Friday by Mr . Chapman , the borough coroner , and a respectable jury , atthe Bank of England Tavern , Pollard-street , relative to the death of Abraham Ashworth , a -weaver . The evidence showed tbat'twelTe months ago , Thursday , thc deceased was married to a young woman , 17 years ot age . who was employed in a factory ; that he was of a jealous tempera _, ment , and that his weakness was turned into a source of mirth by his fellow workmen . He frequently charged bis wife with heing too intimate with a man named Royle _. and on this score heat and quarrelled with her ; bathe , nevertheless , seems to have loved her , and when he was in a playful humour she endeavoured to disabuse bis mind of the foul thoughts that had fixed themselves there . B > r efforts , however , were in vain , and seven

      -weeks ago the unhappy pair separated , and she went to live with her mofherin a cellar in Junction-street , occupied by a married couple named Gregory . On Tuesday night last , the deceased went , for the first time since the separation , to see his wife , told her that he was going to BuryJane , nearIieigh , and asked her to accompany him to the railway station . She went , and just before _starting "he bade her farewell in a friendly manner , and promised to return in ahout a . fortnight . In the course of the following night , after baring been for some time asleep At Mrs . Gregory ' s , she awoke , and to her astonishment saw her husband sitting _nanr her , "looking very vicious , and turning his eyes away from her very savage . ' He seemed to have had some liquor . She got up , and offered to prepare him some supper ; but he refused to have anything to _? at . He requested , however , tohave a

      gnart of beer : this she went for , and he drank the whole of it , with the exception of a teacupfal , which was divided between Mr . and Mrs . Gregory . He then began to accuse his wife of improper conduct with Royle _, who works in the same fac tory with her . She offered to go to tha factory , and have the whole matter cleared np , and to this the deceased consented , declaring that reports ot his infidelity were current through the mill . He soon after went to bed . In the morning , at fire o ' clock , tbe mother of Mrs . Ashworth , Gregory , and his eldest son , -went to work . In about half an hour after , Ashworth sat np in bed , andhis _wifesawhim take something from the pocket ot bb trousers . He asked her to lie with her lace upwards , li _? d her _eapstrings , and seemed in a more affectionate mood ; and this opportunity tbe young wife seized to beseech him not to listen to the silly tales which

      he had mentioned on the previous night . He burst into tears , and attempted to jump out of bed ; but she caught hold of him , and he had to rise . He _tken threw himself hack , and attempted to raise his arm , as though he was struggling with powerful emotions and a deep resolution . The action , howerer , was sufficient to disclose to the alarmed wife something bright and flashing in his band ; she thought it was a penknife , bat it was a razor , and she screamed out violently . He caught hold ofher , and _mingled his cries with hers ; but when he -was unVble to hold her any longer , he raised both his bands , and inflicted a ghastly wound on his throat . Terrified , the young wife ran screaming into tbe street ; he tastily followed her ; bit she had the presence of mind to close the door , and she held it so firmly that he failed to open it . A man , attracted hy her _scnams of

      " Murder ! " came from the cellar on the opposite side of the street , and as soon as she saw him she ran towards him , fainted , and fell . On recovering , she _found that her finger had been cut . Several persons soon entered the cellar . The unfortunate man was sitting on the fender , in his shirt ; around him there was a pool of blood , in which lay the razor with which he had bo donbt intended to murder his wife , and with which he had inflicted on himself a wound , of which he died in abont an hour and a half . The cellar , in almost every part Of it bore maTks of blood . No one knew where he got the razor , but there can he little doubt of the object for which he had _po 4 > essetf himself of it ; for he had

      often threatened , as he expressed it , to put both himself and bis wife out of ] the world . On one occasion , abont two or three months before the separation , he was fondling his wife , as they sat alone ; and when her head was resting on his lap , he took out his penknife , and , pointing it at her throat , said , " Jenny , I want your throat . " He made a movement with the _wt-apon , and itpenetrated the skin of fcer neck . The jealous man had evidently for some time entertained the notion of putting an end to his miserable life , and of _pnuhhing the sup . posed infidelity of his wife . Tbe jury brought in a _Terdicf'That the deceased had cut his throat with a razor when in a state of unsound mind and distraction / — Manchester Examiner .

      "Extitaoltdinary Suicide. On Saturday, D...

      "EXTItAOltDINARY SUICIDE . On Saturday , _during the early part of the day , Inspector _Tc-imaUj of the D division , entered the Marylebone Police _I _' ourt _. and communicated to the _magistrate the fact of a prisoner having committed suicide in the stationhouse of that district . It appeared that a person wbo gave his name and address "Charles Walter Thornton , 3 , _Hartland-terrace , _5 _ennsb _. 50 wn , " was taken into charge foi _having offered at the shop of Mr . Bennett , watchmaker , of Oxford-street , a £ 5 note , supposed to be a forged one . Inquiries were at the same time made , and Mrs . Harding , jeweller , ol Holies-street , Cavendisb-3 nuare _, and Mr . Bishop ,

      bootmaker , of _Connaoght-tOTace , identified tbe prisoner as having passed £ 10 and £ 3 forged _noies upon them . Two other simil . iv charges were established , and these were found to form portions of an extensive system of fraud which bas been for some time in practice . On the prii soner being searched at the time he was taken into custody , a forged £ 5 note and two genuine £ 3 Bank of Eng' . land notes were found upon him , and £ 9 in gold . At his . lodgings a quantity of valuable jewellery was discovered . _; Sbortlybeforeonein the morning , on a police-constable < _entering the cell , he was found quite dead , baring str . in . 1 _gled himself with liis pocket-handkerchief . The _deceased - was about 40 years of age , aud had at one time held a < commission in tbe East Indian army .

      At the coroner ' s inquest police-constable George Henry J ifackrell , 110 D , was first called , ne said he was on i duty on Friday night at the police station in Marylebonc-1 lane . About one o ' clock ou Saturday morning he was _dlr reeled by Serjeant Brown to go round the cells . On arr riving at that one in which deceased was confined he saw t that a silk handkerchief had been passed through the bars o of the little openiuic iu tlie cell door , and hitched on to the h bolt on thc outside . Oa opening the door the deceased w was found hanging witb the silk handerkchief round bis n neck , and quite dead . Mr . Clarke , surgeon , of Maryleb bone-lane , who was _insiantly sent for , stated he had been id dead some time . He was p laced in tbe cell about < j o ' clock , a and had _bc-en visited every half-hour up to the time he

      • tvwas found dead . Thomas Hooper _. police-constable _^ _lSD _, stated thnt he C ook tbo deceased into custody at 8 o ' clock on Friday _evevening , endeavouring to pass a forged £ 3 Bank of EiEngland note , at the shop of Mr . Bsnnett , jeweller , of Ox . ¦ Jofordrstreet . He received _infonnationtbrou _; - ! ' Mr . Jones , a _pupublican , and on _going ti the shop of Mr . Bennett he re-* ufused to give the deceased in charge , but , as witness had _aebeen looking out for a _atrsoa who had uttered several

      "Extitaoltdinary Suicide. On Saturday, D...

      forged notes in the neighbourhood , he took him into custody . On his arrival at the station , he said he could easil y account for the possession of the note , and a person who hnd received one , residing in Princes-street , having been sent for , came and identified the deceased , who had purchased some jewellery and given her a forged note . He was then searched , and a quantity of money and other notes , some good , were found on him . The charge -va _* entered , and he wan locked up in the cell at 9 o ' clock . He was thon in a _pcrf-. ctly sound state of mind , and quite Sohnr . He _gavo his name as Charles _Walter Thorton , of 3 , Hartland-terrace , Kentish-town .

      | Mr . Inspector Ttdman here produced theproperty which was found on the deceased ' s person at the station , and thftt Subsequently found at his residence , most of which had been proved to have been obtained by the means ot f -rged notes corresponding with that on his person when taken into custody . On his persou were found a forged So note ( in addition to the one he had attempted to pass with Mr , _Bennatt ) , two good £ 5 notes , eight sovereigns , one half-sovereign , eight half-crowns , two sixpences , two gold brcquet chains and seals , a small box , containing two purse slides and rings , and a bead purse . There was also a _diamond ring on his finger . At his lodgings , found in

      a jewel case , were one £ 10 note good , four brooches , five colas , some gold Indian coins , one gold eye-glass , nine seals , © ne silverpencil-case , one silver toothpick , two gold union pins , three rings , and one ear-drop . On these articles being produced to the coroner , many of the trades men present stepped forward and identified tbe various articles wliich they had sold to thc deceased and given the _change for the forged £ 3 notes , aud whieh they also _prod-.-. ced . The notes in question are anything but good imitations , being apparently lithographed . They all bore date the 3 rd of March , and were backed by the deceased with the name " Woodman , Romford . "

      Mrs . Mary Thornton , tho widow of the deceased , was next examined . The unfortunate lady was supported into the room by several of her friends , and accommodated with a chair . ' She appeared deeply affected . She said she bad been married to the deceased six years , and resided at 3 , Hartland Terrace , Kentish Town , He was a colonel in the East India Company ' s service , but had only returned from Egypt , where she had been with him . She knew nothing of his affairs , but always understood he was a gentleman of independent property . He was at home all day on Friday up to five o ' clock , when he went out saying he should go to billiards . He was then in excellent health and spirits . He had never complained of pain in the head , or threatened or attempted to destroy himself . He was a very temperate man . He had no relatives living . They had all died in India . She could not account for his possession of the forged notes .

      Mr . Thomas Warren , of 3 , Commercial Place , Kentish Town , said , he had known deceased for several year * . About three months ago he returned from Egypt , and since tbat time he had resided in Grove Street , Camden Town , and at Hartland Terrace . He was always in good health and spirits , and the last time he saw him was about a fortnight since , when he said he was going to shoot in Norfolk . He had always considered him a respectable independent gentleman . The room having heen cleared of strangers , the Jury for some time deliberated , and ultimately . returned a verdict , " That the deceased hung himself , but in what state of mind he was at the time there was no evidence to show . "

      Murder Of The Chevalier Stewart. Another...

      MURDER OF THE CHEVALIER STEWART . ANOTHER EXHIBITION OF PRIESTLY FRAUD . { Extract of ft letter dated Ancona , August 1 . ) If you have not already heard through the public papers of a shocking crime that has been perpetrated in this vicinity , it is my painful duty to communicate the sad and atrocious deed . Our mutual friend , the Chevalier Abbe Stewart , was , on the 17 th ult ., most inhumanly and deliberately murdered on the shore between this and Sinigaglia . Poor Stewart put up at _Casabrugiate for a few days , for the benefit of sea bathing , previous to visiting the fair at Sinigaglia . On the morning of the 17 th he bathed at a secluded part of the shore , when a peasant approached him and tendered his services to hold an umbrella , which he . accepted , and remunerated the man for his trouble , upon which the peasant inquired if Mr . Stewart intended bathing again in the _ersnine _* . He

      replied he should , but would not require his services . However , the peasant dodged him to the shore between four and five o ' clock in the afternoon , and waited hi * opportunity fer committing his premeditated crime , having prepared , and partly manufactured , a . long stiletto since the morning . He took advantage of the moment that Stewart was passing his shirt over hit head , and inflicted tbree stabs , which Stewart received on his left arm , and at once faced his murderer , without weapon or covering to his body , and demanded hit intentions . The wretch replied "Plunder . " Poor Stewart pointed to his clothes , watch , ring , and money , and besought him to take everything and decamp , and spare his life . The monster hesitated a moment , and then rushed again upon Stewart , and stabbed him eight times more , two of which wounds extended to the whole length of the

      stiletto . Stewart fell , and the murderer made off with his _things . Then poor Stewart rose to his feet , wrapped himself In a sheet , and proceeded nearly half a mile to the nearest cottage , falling twice before he could accomplish the distanee . Medical aid from Monte Marcian * soon reached him , but mortal aid was of no avail ; about an hour after midnight he" expired , praying fervently and wonderfully composed to the last moment . Half an hour previous to his last gasp he took up a pen and wrote to his brother , who , I believe , Is his heir , "Dearest George , —lam dying . T . Stewart . " By poor Stewart ' s description , the assassin was arrested within an hour of the bloody deed . Though there is all necessary proof of the ideniity of the culprit , yet I apprehend the ex treme penalty of the law may not reach him , being under ace ( 19 ) , according to the laws of this country . I

      understand that in cases of great atrocity the Pope can lend ( as it is called b ' _.-re ) a few years to the criminal , The British Consul has represented this case to Rome , as one requiring the exertion ofhis power , and awaits the decision . The Consul has had poor Stewart ' s body embalmed , and placed in the chuich of Santa Maria preparatory to embarkation for England . Now comes the extraordinary and almost incredible sequel to tbis most melancholy an A dreadful _df-ed . The priests ( I presume ) baring learnt that the deceased belonged to a rich family , began , as usual , to speculate upon what might turn up most to their advantage . All at once a child , a cripple from its birth , was eured by crawing over the coffin , and left his crutches there . The fame of this miracle spread throughout the town and neighbourhood , and the lame and halt flocked In from all sides , Numerous other miracles are said to have hee » performed , — efferings of wax began to drop into the Church , —scores nf children were brought in to be cured of all kinds of

      diseases . At length tbe crowds of deluded beings reached such an extent that the British Consul feared they would destroy the coffin , and accordingly ordered it toberemovtdoutof the body of the church to a vault ; but this was an undertaking of some difficulty , and be was obliged to call in the aid of the gendarmes to close the chief entrance to the church , and get out the crowd by a back way , and prevent the populace outside from rushing in . By half-past nine o ' clock at night they succeeded in clearing the church , and removing the coffin . Next morning the church was again beset by crowds , who kissed and adored the ground upon which the coffin had been placed , and strewed it with flowers and garlands . It is said also that the ground has wrought miracles . It is also said that priests will endeavour to oppose the Consul when he claims tho body for shipment , as they hope the family will canonize their relative , and let them reap the advantages attendant _up-n such ceremonies , leaving the body with them .

      The Late Mysterious Case Of Drowning At ...

      THE LATE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF DROWNING AT _HUNGERFORD , AND FINDING OF THE BODY OFF GREENWICH HOSPITAL . On Tuesday , thc inquest touching the death of Catherine Donovan _H-as resumed before Mr . Carttar , at the Eight Bells , Greenwich , for the purpose of hearing the medical testimony and other evidence . The fir « witness called was Mr . Hatch , surgeon , of Blackheath-hill , who deposed tliat , in accordance with the order of the Coroner , he had made a post-mortem examination , when he found that the _b' _-dy presented on the upper surface a whitish scaly appearance . The umbilicus distinctly visible , arentin the right groin , extending along the crest of the _illium nearly a foot in length . and apparently tiie commencementof n second and similar rent in theleftgroin . The rest ofthe body presented the same whitish appearance , very hard to the touch , but presenting no mrrk ofthe skin being broken . The last or twelfth dorsal vertebra : _hanging by a ligament ,

      which he produced . The _externul part of tbe caif of tho right leu was completely eaten away , leaving the bone bare . The toes of the right foot presented a peculiar appearance ( as ri presented by the mother of the deceased , ) as the first and third " toes approximated with each , and the secon' ! rested upon them . Tlie upperfrom the lower portion of the body had been divided in ft tearine manner , ragged and jagged , and not divided as if by a knife . From the appearances presented could not judge the age of the party . She was not a large woman , nor could he arrive at any conclusion as to the cause of death , as no vital part was left . She had been under water many months , nor could he say whether there had been any attempt at violation , as there were no signs of sex , the internal parts being reduced to a pulpy mass . In answer to a Juror—One of the modes of _presurring bodies was by macerating in water .

      Mary Quindon re-examined— She saw nne Of the young men who had been in deceased ' s company on Easter Sunday on Wednesday or Thurday last . She understood his name to be Michael Regan , aud that he bore a bad character . Three young men , named Grant , _Wallis , and Barry were hero introduced into the inquest room separately , but the witness failed to identify any one of tiiem . A fourth , named Evans , a barman in the We « tminster-road , who was one of the party on the day in question , was absent through thc illness of his master , but represented by his companions as having light coloured hair as stated bv Quindon .

      Barry was then examined , and said that on "Easter Sunday himself and his threo friends _retolvcd on a trip to Greenwich . They ca ' . lcd on him , and on his going down stairs , he observed them talking to a young woman whom he had never seen hefore nor since _. Brans asked her to drink , which she refused , when they went into a

      The Late Mysterious Case Of Drowning At ...

      house at the corner of Wardour and Peter-street . When they came out Evans asked her to go to Greenwich , and shewed some silver ; himself . Grant , and Wallis walked on , staling that deceased would hot go with so many , but eventually they followed . They went to Hungerf ' ord Mar . ket , and whilst standing ou a plank on thepier leading from one dumb lighter to another the plank broke , when the young woman and five or six fell into the river . He saw a female taken out , aud then a man . The female wasa Mrs . Mansfield , and the man her brother-in-law . An inquest was subsequently held . Saw tlie young woman in the water , _mitao opportunity to savehor presented itself . The space between the barges prevented any person from doing so . Grant and Wallis corroborated the evidence . A- young man , named _Mielinel Donaghu was then brought iu by a policeman , but was not recognised as thu fair haired man , although he bore a strong resemblance to Evans .

      This being the whole of the evidence , the Coroner left the case with the Jury , who returned an open _verdict oi 'Found drowned . "

      Extraordinary Charge Of Forgery. On Satu...

      EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FORGERY . On Saturday , Captain William Richardson , the chairman of the Teiibury , Worcester , and Ludlow Railway Company , was apprehended upon a charge of forgery , alleged to bave been committed upon Coutts ' s bankinghouse . The circumstances are ot a remarkable description . In the month of July a cheque signed by the chairman and two of the directors of the company had been presented and paid at the counter of Coutts ' s bank . It was subsequently found that although the signatures were genuine , tho amount had undergone a very important chauge . A most strict investigation was of course immediately commenced , The cheque , it appeared , had been drawn as payable to No . 11 , and had been signed first by the chairman , and soon afterwards by two

      of tbo other directors of the company , and then returned to the chairman to be paid away to some individual who had a claim upon the company . The agents of the company communicated with Messrs . Bush and Mullens , the solicitors to the Committee of Bankera for Protection against Forgeries and Frauds , upon the subject , and Mr . Bush , whose experience and skill in investigating aud detecting in cases of delinquency of this kind have been long known , adopted measures without delay .. The chairman of the company was the person upon whom suspicion at once _fixed . The account given "by Captain Richardson was , that he had signed a check for £ 10 ., which was also signed by two other directors , thathe had paid that cheque away to a party , and that he had never seen or heard of it since until he was informed that

      the amount had been altered . Mr , Rush managed to find out the person to whom Captain Richardson declared that he had paid the cheque , and by that person was informed that no transaction of the sort had taken place at all between him and the chairman of the railway company . The result of the inquiries made at Coutts ' s bank and at the Bank of England corresponding with the suspicions thus raised , Mr . Bush put Captain Richardson iuto the custody of Russell , ( No . 36 ) of the City Detective Police , having called together a meeting of the directors , which the Captain attended upon the subjeot of the affairs of the company . It is proper to state that Captain Richardson , as wehave been giv » n to understand , has in no respect deviated from the account of tbo transaction given by him in the first instance .

      Application was made to Alderman Musgrove , upon the apprehension of Captain Richardson , to examine the prisoner at Ili 8 il 0 U ? e in Broad Street , the Lord Mayor having left town after the routine of the Mansion House had been finished ; but the alderman considered the subject to be of too serious a nature to be heard in a private room , and directed that the investigation should be entered into at the Justioe Room of the Mansion House . Mr . Bush attended to conduct the prosecution . Several gentlemen who were said to belong to tbe company , and some gentlemen connected with the Bank of England and Coutts's bank , were present during the examination .

      Mr . Bush said his object was to produce just as much evidence as would justify the magistrate in remanding the prisoner until tho important and complicated evidence in support of the very serious charge he bad to make should be prepared . He ( Mr . Bush ) attended as agent to Messrs . Fry and Co ., the agents to the Tenbury , Woreester , and Ludlow Railway Company , and he charged Captain Richardson with having altered the amount of a cheque originally drawn for £ 10 . to £ 5000 ., and with having received and applied to his own use part of tha proceeds of the cheque so altered . Alderman Musgrove : Prisoner , have you any questions to ask the beuch ? There is no evidence as yet against you . Prisoner : I am so surprised at the charge that I would rather not say anything until I havo an opportunity of consulting my legal _adiiser ,

      Mr . Bush : I hold the check now in my hand . The prisoner stated to me that he filled up and signed a check for £ 10 on tbe 7 th of July , drawn upou Messrs . Coutts and Co ., and that he signed tho same , and that the same afterwards was returned to him , signed hy two other directors of the company , namely , Thomas Stevenson and William Letchmere Whitmore , and that tbe same check had ' afterwards been paid by Messrs . Coutts and Co ., being altered to the sum of £ 5 , 000 . lhad the copy of the check before me at the time , but that was tlie statement made to me by the prisoner .

      Mr . _Robort Hare , clerk at Coutts and Co _' s bank , said ( examining the check ) : I paid the check o » the 20 th of July , at the counter , to a person whom I do not know . I paid the amount in five notes of £ 1000 each , namely , one _numbered 36 , 087 , dated 13 th February , 1 S 1 C , and four notes of £ 1 , 000 each , consecutive numbers from 90 , 091 to 96 , 091 , of the same date as the first , I produce these notes as notes which I paid in giving ths amount Df the check . Mr . Bush * . nave you reason to believe now that check is a forgery ?

      Witness : lt bears the proper signatures . Mr . Bush : Have you heard what induces you to believe that this check is forged iu part ! Witness : I have . Alderman Musgrove : Do you know of your own know . ledgu that it has been altered ? Witness : Certainly not . If I had any _irtua of such a thing it certainly would not have been paid . Alderman Musgrove : Did you pay the money without any questions ? Witness : I did .

      Mr , nenry Gimiugham , clerk in the Bank of England , jaid : On the _ibth of July I changed three £ 1 , 000 notes produced , one numbered 90 . 093 , another 96 , 004 , a tbiril JG _. 086 , ail dated the 13 th of February , 18 tG . The person who presented thein gavo the name of J . Jones . The name was on the notes wheu they were presented . The name was not asked , but the address was asked , and the address of * Linen Hall , Dublin , " was given . Alderman Musgrove : Did he give his name ? Witness : ne did not in my presence say that his name was J . _Isnes , nor did I see him write bis name . ( This witness here stated , as our reporter understood him , that the prisoner was the man who presented the notes for _paymtut ) . I paid him in gold . Tlio person , was in my presence for half an hour _.

      Mr . William Higman , of the issue department of the Bank , said : These notes , being sent for gold , were brought to me by the last witness , who said thatthe gentleman required _jjold for them . I weut to thu place at which the gold is paid , and seeing oidy the _address "Dublin , "I asked the gentleman , who I have no doubt is the prisoner , what part of Dublin . I think I said Dublin is a large place . What part of Dublin do you reside in . ? He said , " tbe Linen Hall . " I asked him to write it on one ofthe notes , and I handed him a pen for tho purpose . He appeared very nervous and requested me to do it for him . I wrote on one of the notes " Linen Hall , " and asked him his address in London . He said

      r ' urnival ' s iHn Hotel , which I also wrote ou the note . As the sum was a large sum for gold , I went to consult Mr . Marshall , the chief cashier . I think I asked him from whom he received the notes , indeed f am certain 1 asked him , and he said from Coutts and Co . I stated this to Mr . Marshall when I took the notes in , and Mr . Marshall requested me to trace to whom thc notes had been first issued . I did so , and found that they had been issued to Coutts and Co . On coming from Mr . Marshall ' s room , I found the prisoner had left the Bank , and I told Mr . Ager , who reckoned the gold , to fetch him back . _ It was while I was tracing the notes I fc-uud that the prisoner had quitted the bail . Mr . A _^ er brought him back under pretence of checking the gold .

      Alderman Musgrove ( to tbe prisoner : ) Do you wish to ask this witnoss any question ? The prisoner shook his head with an expression of dissent , but said nothing . Alderman Musgrove ( to the prisoner : ) Your experience will convince you that the evidence biwlit forward is unfavourable to you . _° The prisoner made no observation . William Thomas Ager , clerk in the issue department ofthe Bank of England , said : I was present during the whole time , and I have not the slightest doubt that tho prisoner is the person . I had to call lum back , in order to have the money he had received re-wcighed . As there was a large amount of gold , and as sonic littlo suspicion was attached , I was stmt after him , and I went to the cab which he had waiting for him , and said , "I nm sorry , but we must have the money back to re-weigh it . " Ho said , " Oh , it ' s all right " and he came back , and the gold was re-weighed . At last Mr . Higman told me to let him go .

      Mr . Bush said ho Should produce the rest of the evidence on the day to which the uldermiin might think proper to remand these . If it would suit the alderman and the prisouer Monday might be selected . Theprisoner : As to-morrow will be Sunday , and it is necessary that I should consult my legal adviser , I should wish for a further postponement . Mr . Bush suggested Tuesday , aud the prisoner intimated that he had no objection . Alderman Musgrove : The case is a serious oue against you . and I should wiali you to consult your legal adviser , I therefore afford you the opportunity by postponing the case till Tuesday . I now wish to ask you whether you are desirous to say anything . The Prisoner : Mr . Bush ean himself bear evidenco that I touk considerable trouble to ascertain who really did forge the cheque . I did so as chairman of the compnuy . Mr . Bush - . I am open to cross-examination upon my

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      statement , but 1 ' now say that the prisoner and others consulted me on the subjeet of this forgery , and what took place has led to this result . Tlie Prisoner : I also went to Coutts with the solicitor , upon the subject unaccompanied by any other persons connected with the company . The Prisoner was then remanded to the Comp ter till Tuesday . On Tuesday , Captain Richardson was again brought before the Lord Mayor , and _underwt-nt a long examination , In the course of which a good deal of evidence wu * giwu confirmatory of the charge against him . He was , again remanded till Wednesday , tho 9 th of September .

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      _Vatad WiifiCR op an American . . East iw »" Tradk 3 . —Letters have arrived communicating- the

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      melancholy intelligence ot tne _coiai smjiwrecK m un-American East India Trader , the Gcntoo , Commander Holies , master , belonging to Boston , with a cargo of indigo , saltpetre , goot skins , mats , hides . _djc . Uer loss occurred on tho night of the 20 th of last April , on a reef of rocks in Strays Bay , on the same spot where the Duke of Northumberland Indiaman waa wrecked a few years ago . The . weather-at the time was boisterous , the wind _blowing almost a galo from the N . E , and raining heavily . She struck at about ten o ' clock , unfortunately with such

      violence as to carry away a portion ot * the keel and ship ' s bottsm , and tlie water rushing into tho hold , slio fell over on her broadside , whore she quickly became a complete wreck . With the exception of a lady passenger , her two children , and servant m id , names not mentioned , aU on board wero a & tod _, amounting to forty individuals , a third of whom were pe 3 _sengers . The unfortunate lady and __ her . children were lost by ono ef the boats swamping after they had been lowered into it . The seamen strove to save them , but a heavy sea swept them beyond human reach . The vessel was nearly 500 tons burthen . SUo was bound to Boston from Calcutta . ll » r loss in reported tobe upwards of £ 25 , 000 .

      _Danoehous Fracas on a Locomotive _Enoikk . —On Saturday evening , when the 6 . 30 a . m . mixed train from Bristol was between Stevenson and Didcot stations , on the Great Western Railway , a _quarrelaroae between Temple , the engine driver , and Poole , the stoker . A fight ensued on the engine , and if both had fallen of ! ' the consequences must have been dreadful , as the train was going at the rate of nearly thirty miles an hour , and- there was no possibility of the guards getting" to the engine to stop it , the high third class carriage being between them ; nor were tbey

      aware of the fight until Temple , finding himself worsted stopped the engine , to endeavour to throw Poole off , when they alightod , and succeeded in obtaining ft cessation of hostilities until their arrival at Didcot , when they were reported to Mr , Bishop , the superintendent , who gave them into custody of the guards of thc . fast train , and conveyed them toPaddington , where their conduct will be investigated by tho directors . Their places wero supplied by others at Didcot , and the train reached Paddington in safety .

      _Asoinun Fire is Essex . —On Saturday morning between one and two o ' clock , a fire broke out at North Ockenden , on the premises of William Eve , Esq ., of Ockenden Hall , inconsequence of the heating of a stack of clover . The _otack first _is-nitod speedily communicated with four others , all of which burnt with thc greatest fury for three hours before assistance ceuld be procured . Two engines belonging to the Board of Ordnance arrived from Purfleet , closely followed by one from Romford . By great exertiona the fire was almost miraculously confined to the five stacks of hay , as 14 large <; om stacks were so closely adjoining the burning masses as barely to allow room for a carriage to pass between them .

      Fatai < Accident at _At-edams CouiflW _* . —On * of those awful casualties , so lrequent in mining districts , occurred at Apedale on Monday last . It appears that the pit No . 1 ( Sladdershill ) has for some time past been considered dangerous , and great care has constantly been used before the men were allowed to go down it , and commence their day ' s labour . That these precautions have not been uncalled for , and that they have _h-id their due effect will be gathered from the fact of this being the first fatal accident which has ever taken place in the pit . On Monday morning a number of men went to tha pit , headed by Daniel Kelsall , a turnsman , who being a sober steady person was much trusted . Kelsall had been in the habit of depositing his safety lamp at a

      certain point in the pit , sufficiently removed from the foul air to bo considered safe . The current or foul air is directed into certain channels by means of drop sheets : but , on the morning in question , the drup sheets were not suspended as usual , the foul air had passed the point , and no sooner did poor Kelsall approach the part with a naked candle , in order to get the safety lamp , than an explosion took place . Kelsall and a companion named _Lishtfoot were killed on the spot , and three other colliers were severely burned . There were about thirty men and boys in the pit at the time , besides others descending _, ft hen the explosion took place . The rush of air to the mouth ofthe pit was so great , that t ? ie party descending had the greatest difficulty in keeping

      their places ; their hats were blown off their heads , and conveyeda distance of twenty yards up the shaft . On searching the pit to ascertain the extent ofthe accident , Kelsall and Lightfoot were discovered quite de-id , * the latter had both legs broken , and was otherwise dreadful mutilated , having been blown upwards of forty yards . The accident is wholly attributable to thc absence of the safety lamp , and the neglect in not putting down the drop sheets . We regret to hear that each of the sufferers has left a widow with four young children , and that both the women are at the present time emiente . An inquest was held on the bodies last Tuesday at the Robin Hood , Roggin-row , beforo W . Hardinge , Esq ., coroner , when a verdict in accordance with tlio facts was returned . —Staffordshire Mercury .

      Mysterious Death of a Gentleman is the River Thames . —On Tuesday morning shortly after six o ' clock , a man named Bailey , in the employ of Mr . Cubitt , of Thames Bank , in going to his work , discovered thc body of a gentleman lying on tho shore of the river , opposite to St . George's Square , Thames Bank , just left by the receding tide . A policeman was called te the spot , and the body was conveyed to the King ' s Arms public-house , where the usual means were adopted to restore animation bj Mr . Randall , a surgeon , but without effect , it being , the surgeon ' s opinion that life had been extinct six hours or mora . In tlie _course of the mornin _* the body

      was identified by a gentleman named Baker , who stated that the deceased was a gentleman of independent property , and respectably connected ; his name was William Johnson , and ' 52 year . ot age . IIo had resided for some time past at No . 14 , Belvoir Terrace , Vauxhall Bridge Road . He had left home after dinner on the previous evening , with the intention of taking a walk , which was the last time he was seen by his friends alive . It appears that he had been in a low and depressed state of mind for some days past , but his family could form no opinion whatever how he came in the river . Information has been forwarded to Mr . Bedford , the Coroner foi Westminster , who will hold an inquest on the body .

      v essri . Picked Up . —On Friday , as the Waterloo of I / ondon _, was passing St . Abb ' s Head , she spied _« t a distance the hull ofa vessel buffeted about by the wind and waves , as if no person wason board . She made up to her , and on boarding found her to be tlie Alexandre , a fishing lugger , of _Gi-avelines , apparently about CO tons burfchern . There was no person on board , and the masts were cut away as if with a hatchet , the mainmast about two feet and the foremast about seven feet from the deck . Not a rope or block was to be found . The cabin companions was

      carried away and the hatches were broken up . No provisions were found except a cask of _buscuit and a small quantity of potatoes . Not the least appearance of * the men's chests or bedding were to be seen . She was laden with herring barrels , a few of them filled with salt , the rest empty . The vessel was brought up on Saturday by tke Waterloo as far as Brouglity Castle , and afterwards towed to the harbour by ono of her boats , where she now lies . What has become of the crew remains as yet a mystery . — Dundee Advertiser .

      Koiiuert of Eight _UuxotitiP Fovsds j » v Gold AND SlLVKR AT THE NORWICH RaILWAT TERMINUS . — Norwich , Tuesday . —Considerable interest was excited In this city , yesterday , by a robbery of the most extensive character , which took place at the terminus of the Norfolk Railway , According to the information furnished the writer by tlio railway authorities and the police , it appears that immediately after the arrival of the first down train , it was discovered that the cash box of the company , and whioh was kept in ' the office attached to the station , had been emptied and its contents , amounting to upwards of £ 800 in gold and silver , carried oil * . The key was still remaining in tbe lock , bnt the cash , what had become ef it , nobody knew . The necessary alarm

      was given to theollicialsof the company , avid information of the depredation was promply forwarded to Mr . Garrington , the chief constable of the city , when a most active search was instituted . A largo number of his force were posted in all parts , with a view of tracing the plunder , but up to a late hour not the slightest cluo could be obtained . A general opinion seems to prevail , that the robbery must have been committed by some party connected with the office . There are suspicions in a certain quarter , bnt , lest they should not be correct , the omissions of names is advisable . Mr . II . Bollingbroke , ono oi the city magistrates , and who is the resident director ,

      was engaged the whole day in examining the servants of the company , and the premises in the locale of the robbery , but without arriving at anything satisfactory as to the whereabouts of tho proncrtv ' . The spoil weighed near _half-a-huiidrcd weight , and consequently its removal must have been a work of much difficulty . We understand that on Monday morning there is generally move cash in the office than on any other day , there being the _iv-ceq-ts of Saturday night after tho Bank closes , of Sunday , and of Monday morning . It seems that it should have been paid into tho Bank before the hour the robbery was discovered .

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      search and investigation , " _wwes Mr . Scott , " tbe defuuker could not be traced , nor the manner pointed out how the match came there . Now this sort of incident in of too frequent occurrence , and serves to show the recklOS 8 _nesg of miners with regard to their own preservation , and very dreadful has been the retribution . Can such a hint as tbis prore a warning ! It , at all events , may show that accidents are not so often to be imputed to the guilty neglect of those _entrustsd with the care of mines , as the public and certain parties are apt t » suppose , " "Sueh an occurrence , " continues Mr . Scott , " also goes far to prove that , however well-arranged and scientific the plans for ventilation may be , so long as there is an utter disregard of consequence , accidents will occur . "

      The writer of the above directly infers , from this Cir . _evimstancu , how cautious the public and " certain parties" should be in imputing negligence to the managers of mines , when explosions occur , and draws theconelusion ( in bold relief ) , that very many of such exp _' osions arc attributable to the recklessness of the miners themselves— " for , " observes Mr , Scott , " this sort of incident is of too frequent occurrence . " With regard to the ignition of a lucifer match , in the manner described by the writer , there is nothing improbable in the case . A lucifer match might get amongst the hay ere it came down tbe pit , and its ignition , while the boy was _cleaning the _pl-ites _, was really accidental , so far an the boy was concerned , Hence the assumption , that thU case is a proof of carelessness of miners , with regard to their own safety , is monstrously absurd and unwarrantable ; and the doctrine of Mr . Scott , founded as it is on the above premises , namely , " that the managers of mines ought to' be exonerated from all blame , " is equally untenable and f nlse . '

      In attempting to repel this outrage on the character of the pitmen of these counties by Mr . Scott , I feel compelled to enter more minutely into , the question than I would have done , had Mr . Scott ' s strictures been less severe on that usual body of men . Hence it shall ba my endeavour to place the saddle on the right horse , and in pursuance of this object , I beg to inform Mr . Scott , that had he been blessed with proper forethought he would not havo ( in those of scientific research ) allowed the tram plates in the pillars working to be cleaned with loose hay ; it is more than twenty years ago since the viewer of the colliery I then worked at precluded tbe use ot old flat rope , cut into short lengths . This colliery was wholly worked with Davy ; Lamps , and , as the viewer observed , boys were but boys , and

      Who could tell but they might , through ignorance of the result , thrust the smallest of the straws through tbe meshes of the guaze for a _oertain purpose ; and it does surprise me that at Hanwell Colliery the old method of using hay for that purpose should still bo in use . To set this matter in a stronger light still , for it js a subject of vast importance , I should suppose that tbe air of thepitliad not been " singularly pure , " _buiihai it was of an explosiva character , and that ou the ignition of the lucifer match " the too oft told tale" was repeated , or that a number of our fellow-creatures' lives were sacrificed , - then I would suppose it tohave been ascertained at the inquest that the explosion arose from the lucifer

      match , would the Jury have done otherwise than brought in a verdict of " accidental death , " and thus exonerate the boy ? and 1 am certain that the coroner would have asked Mr . Scott if no other substance would answer ths purpoae of cleaning tbe plates , _auch as flannel or eld rope , wherein lucifer matches could not so conveniently bide themselves , and then Mr . Foster would have ordered Mr . Scott not to allow the use of hay any longer for the purpose named . Now , although no explosion took place , owning to the * ' singularly pure state ofthe air , " yet I feel eertain that Mr . Scott will at once disallow the use of hay , and substitute an iron shovel or pieces of old rope , whieh will not hide the matches , and atthe same time be found more economical to the owners .

      The operations of coal-mmmg , as far as observation can leach us , a » 6 made up of incidents and casualties . No miner , properly speaking , can , in pursuing his occupation , foreknow what lays before him ; it may he a "bag of gas , " or a quantity of wafer , or he may be exposed to the most imminent danger from thegoing to sleep ofa trapper-boy , thus fouling the pit by having his door open when it should ba shut , as was set forth at the inquest at North Shields Colliery a few years ago , or he may be , as just now attempted to be shown , exposed to the danger of being deprived of life , by the ignition of a lucifer match , if the air of the pit is not " singularly pure . ' Hence the _necessity , the imperious necessity , of all mine agents having the atmosphere ofthe pit always " singularly pure . " hen shall we cease to hear of the " awful retribution , " '' the too oft told tale . " That there are boys , and even men , who act without proper thought of the danger to

      which they expose themselves and others , by trusting too much to the chapter of accidents in the pursuit of their avocations , I readily admit ; but this 1 am prepared to prove , that where one single instance of wilful negligence , or recklessness , can be traced to the person of a boy or an adult workman , there have been teu instances where the viewers and agents of mines have set the pit on fire through l > ra » ttdo and recklessness . Trusting that Mr . Scott , and other parties concerned in the managing of coal pits , will take a "hint , " and , for the future , ( seeing tbat tbe lives of hundreds of our fellowcreatures are in constant danger while the air of the pit is not "singularly pure" ) take especial care that not any portion of the vast extent of workings shall ever be other * wise than " singularly pure , " then may Mr . Scott cease to be anxious about the public , and other parties , attributing such accidents to the guilty neglect of those entrusted to the care of mines .

      A few days ago , at Wait Moor colliery , an officer , one of the many others employed to keep the pit in a safe state , as regards the ventilation , incautiously broke down a brick stopping ( a partition built up to separate the good air from the bad ) , and his candle coining in contact with the foul air , exploded the same , and severely injured two or throe boys who were near him . There were at the time more than fifty men and boys in the pit , and if was particu l arly fortunate that the quantity of gas was small , or we should have had a repetition of " a too oft told tale . " Here then is a case in point ( and I could particularize many more ) where a party really put in danger the lives of moro than fifty individuals , and yet , it has not found its way to the press ; a man too , set apart to watch and keep free from all danger , as regards explosions , and who thus exposed his own life , and the lives of others from motives best known to himsel _* But this

      state of things cannot last long . The commissioners , Dr . _"Playfair and Sir II . Deleheche , having perceived the uncommon carelessness of the officers ot the mines , have recommended the appointment of proper inspectors—a recommendation highly necessary , and one whieh I hope will be speedily carried out into practice . Yours , ic , Newcastle . k . B .

      ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES . TO THE EDITOIl OF THE _NEWCASTLE _AOA & DUK . Gentlemen , —In la 9 t week ' s Guard _*< Mi I And an extract from a letter . by J . Scott , of _Haswell Colliery ( and whicli , It appears , hasgoue therounilofthepres » , London -md provincial ) , in which he states that , "a ' _ftwdays ajfo , while a boy was brushing the tram plates with hay , in one of tho districts of broken or pillow-workings , a lucifer match , which had by some means got amongU the hay , struck firo , and iu an instant all was in a blaze . " & c . "And , " continued Mr . Scott , "had not the air of the mine been singularly pure , the fata of those poor fellOWS , working there at the time , would have been but the _reputition of a too oft told tale , " " After much re-

      The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...

      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . TO TnE WOBKINO CLASSES OF OEEAT BRITAIS . Ml Dear _Fbienus , —1 am not much accustomed to latter writing , hut heing a brother shareholder in the Land Association , I wish to make a few brief remarks on this truly and most glorious project—a project which is almost beyond tho power to describe , with any precision as to its beneficial results , but the great object I have in view , is to point out to theunthinkiiigportion ofthe Community , the great benefits which must ultimately result from this noble undertaking . As it is only in its infancy , we can scarcely make any comparison as to tho unlimited extent it will rcack as it urrives at maturity -, but with a view of throwing some light on the subject , I shall take as a prelude to thc discovery , our first colony—O'Connorville .

      In the first place let ns take a bird ' s eye view of the expenditure in wages alone in tiiis locality . I may venture to assert without fear of contradiction , that the monies paid in wages since the 8 th of May last , on the late _Herringsgate Farm , is probably more than has been paid in the farm in wages for the last 40 years . But , it we compare this small item with the great magnitude of the project , it is only in comparison like a grain of sand im the sea shore . One great _bimeiit it confers ou the workiug classes is , by taking a portion of the labour out ofthe market , which consequently reduces the competition to a certain extent . Awl , you will perceive also , it 18 not confined to one class of operatives only , but includes almost every class you can name—such xs Carpenters , Ji > incrs 1 J } riekliiyers , l'lasterers , _M-iaons , Slatrrs , _? lumbers ,

      Painters , Glaziers , Sawyers , Bnckmakers , Sand _Diggers , Well "Diggers , Labourers and operatives of every denomination . When the mechanics , labourers , & c , receive their wages , we find another link added to the chain of benefits by the current turning into a different channel ; thus—the greater portion of their wages will be _expanded on auother class of tradesman , such as Shoemakers , Tf . ilors , Grocers , Drapers , Brewers , Butchers , Bakers , Ac . There are numerous other benefits attached to this srent land project , that I could enumerate , had 1 time and space , such as the wear and tear of all'kinds of mechanic ' s tools and agricultural implements , ic . The benefits attached to this department would reach Sheffield , _BirluiiiL-hani , London , Wolverhampton , and all other large towns in tho empire .

      As for the grand demonstration on the 17 th of August , it would take some little time and space to enter into the merits of it , or to enumerate the benefits sure tu flow from it ; but as there have been several letters ou the iubject already , I must leave it , aftur merely remarking that I w ; is very much delighted w ith the day ' s proceedings . However , there is another Jink in the chain I must not omit , as it is of great importance—that is in spreading and diffusing the great princi ples of dunoeracy through the adjacent towu and _villHgeS ) * and about the neighbourhood of the locality . The last link I shall mention at preseut , is oue that will complete the chaiu of _bcuents 1

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      [ have , attempted to describe , ; namely— -It will take 3 s families , or say 120 souls , out of the labour market , thu shielding them from the tyranny and oppression of the grinding capitalists , and placing them in comparative Comfort and _ineh-pundence forthe term of their natural life , and _theirgucccedinggenerationsforthe period of !) 99 years . Friends , this ia cheering news , this will whisper to the toiling millions that we have _sommenced a new era—an era of human redemption to the working classes from the slavery and bondage ; this is what I consider a practical illustration of Chartism . How are we to obtain all theso blessing * 1 Why , all these great blessings and advantages are promised and pledged to us , by ' simply becoming shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society .

      To all prejudiced against the Land scheme say , purchase the rules ofthe Land Association , and ' study every article they coHtain _, and if you hare any doubt , come amongst us , and inquire into the matter , and theu judge for yourselves . I remain yours , li S . —A Shareholder ov the L \ ud _Assocmtiox . Somers Town .

      Chartist Schools. To The Editor Of The M...

      CHARTIST SCHOOLS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE M 0 _& _TQEBH 8 _TAB . Dear Sir , —I beg leava to _aak through the medium of your paper , whether in the suburbs of London , er any of the provincial towns , my brother Chartists can inform me if any prospect exists of my being able to keep a school until I shall be able to obtain my location on tho land , as I am living in PiymoHth to serious disadvantage to myseif in oonsequence of the social depression that exists , as well as the numbor offree . _scliools that hare been endowed by churchmen and dissenters , where instruction is nearly gratuitous . Any communicatioa will be punctually attended to by Your faithful Servant , JE . _ROBEATSOH . 5 , Market _Altey , Plymouth . August 31 st , 1810 ..

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      — — _^^ i TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . BROTHER _DkkQCRAW , —The Victim Relief Committee , appointed by the late Convention , having met and appealed to the country , it now becomes our duty to consider in what way we can best respond to that appeal . Let every organised body atonce transmit their monthly pence _. But I would call their attention- to a more permanent mode of relief , - ri * ., ihe plan recommended by the Land Conference , of _opening a subscription of a penny a week to purchase shares for the widows , & c . The advantages of this plan arc self evident , as we should thereby place our friends in that independent position which would be

      more consonant with their feelings , and at the same time , relieve our already over _burthened pockets of a continual drain . This may he easily accomplished * , we have 10 , 000 in that Society , if only 1 , 000 will give a penny a week from the present time till the 1 st of December , and another thousand a penny a month , Ifind it will produce the sum of £ 75 ,, now this will purchase 14 double shares , and leave a balance of £ 1 . 19 s . I say four acres , for I think the Victims should not only be removed from the fear of want , but placed in a situation of comfort and comparative affluence . Besides the widews and veterans should be able to hire some one to cultivate it for them ,

      The reason for naming the first of December is , that the Land Conference will then assemble , and let every district instruct its delegate to vote in favour of a motion . " That the Victims shall be intitled to he located on the then next _estata that may be bought without being baU lotted ( and Where is the man that will rote _against sucb a motion . ) To tbe work then , Brother Onanists , and let us prove that wehave not forsaken the martyrs Shell , Hollbcrry _, Duffy , and Clayton , or the law made widows of our exiles . Let us relieve the mind of our veterans from the dread of having to close their eyes amidBt the horrors

      ofthe Bastile , My brother officers ofthe Land Society , I know will not mind the little extra trouble , but will at once set about the work , eollect the money , and trausir . it it regularly on the first of each month to Mr . Clark ; and _asacbions speak louder than words , I by this post send liim an order for lis . Cd . as our first instalment , for a few friends have determined to pay threepence from the commencement of tbe Second Section . That many more may be induced to go and do likewise is the earnest wish of your Brother Democrat , Cr . W . _Wheei-bb , Reading , September 1 st .

      '*• The London Shoemakers. To The Edltoa...

      ' *• THE LONDON SHOEMAKERS . TO THE EDlToa OF THE _NOBTnEBJ- 9 TA . lt . _Denr Sir , —I am instructed by the 5 th division of the City of London boot and shoe makers' Society , to respectfully request the insertion of the followiug report , of theirproceedings , which took place at the Nottingham Castle , For « -slraet , on Monday eveniug , August 31 st . _Jas , _Sacsb £ b 9 , Delegate . Nottingham Castle , Fore-street , August 31 st , 1816 . A general warned meeting , of tha 5 th division , of the City boot and shoe makers , was held at the above place and date for special business whieh was laid before them by the meeting ' s delegates . Mr . Chamberlain was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . _Stevsnson , on behalf of the extraordinary committee , laid before the meeting a report of tbe proceedings of tbe committee , which report , after a good deal of _oisrus . sion , was unanimously adopted .

      Mr . Stevenson then laid before the meeting two codes of laws , the one general for the district , aud the other local for sectional government . Each body of laws was read , article by article , and with one slight amendment the whole was unanimously adopted by the meeting , Mr . Saunders , delegate , then read from the Star a letter , signed by Messrs . " _vvalkerdina , M'Carthy , and Riley , and moved the following : — "That this meeting is surprised to learn that a base attempt has been made by Messrs . Walkerdine , M'Carthy , and Riley , through the niediun of a letter in the Northern Star , to misrepresent the differences now existing in the City trade , and to falsify the return of votes which were taken in tbe usual m . _iunor , and which are to be found in all the delegate books of tho five divisions of the trade , " The _' _following copy of tbe returns taken from the delegates book will shew to our shopmates throughout tlie country the real facts of tbe case .

      Returns of votes ou David James ' s motion to reject tha report of Conference . DiV's ' lOUi , For Rejection . Against . _1 ' 64 1 2 Sd <> t U 2 G t 0 59 . *; 4 31

      I'M IU Majority for rejection ... 24 Such was the true state of the votes on the question to reject the report of Conference . With regard to the Tramps' . Relief Fund , and the debt _« _-e are charged with , we repudiate it altogether , we owe not a farthing of it , there are plenty of general levies now duo to meet all general expences including tramps relief . Besides , there is uo law authorising the secretary to raise such a fund , his power is confined to general

      levies , every one of whieh we have paid . "We would ask of our shopmates to read down the 4 th column in the "Annual Balance Sheet" ( without dates ) aud then tbey will seethe reason why the ls . 10 d ., per man , is charged . This meeting , therefore , is of opinion that there is something rotten in the constitution of the Mutual Association , and we give our hearty concurrence to the seceding bodies in the steps they have taken to form local unions , and beg to assure our country shopmates , that their cards and correspondence will be treated with the greatest respect by the London trade .

      We , therefore , beg to lay before the trade generally , a few of the reasons which have induced us to take the steps we have _. Firstly . We object to Hie _unprotectedness of our funds ; a national trade ought to have more security for their money , than mere confidence in their _ofheers . Secondly . Tho laws arc not suited to the proper _ifovornnicut of a National Society . The district system Is veritably bad . A district committee living together in one town and called upon to decide upon the wages of ten or twenty other societies , living sixty or seventj miles apart in some instances , is class legislation with a _vengeance . Thirdly . We object to the constitution of an administrative committee ( two of which are not _workins ; journeymen of the trade ) spread over the United _Kingdom .

      Fourthly , we object to the power of Conference to spend the trades' money in discussing local squabbles , aud also for paying for pamphlets , the debt of which Will contracted by private speculators . Fifthly . We object to the unfair proccedure of tbe above body in giving compensation to a district where there is no account ofa strike , as in the case of Clonmel , Ireland , and allow none to those places that had to pay for Belfast and support their owu striku at the same time . Sixthly . Wc object to tho power to scratch or suspend a district for owing seven or eight pounds and pass by others owing from forty to sixty pounds . ~ T _* _iese reasons , among _orbrrs _, havo induced us to take the sttps we have done . Carried unanimously . Mr . Stevenson then moved that the Editor of tha

      _Northern Star be respectfully requested to give insertion iu next Saturday ' s Star of the report of this meeting . Carried unanimously . J . _CtMMBERiii . _v , Chairman . W . Murray ., Secretary . W . Stevenson , * ! ,, , J . SAnxDE » s . 'j _Delates .

      Suicidk At Chelsea.—'Shortly Before Eleven O'Clock On Monday Night A Young Woman Whose Name, Re-

      Suicidk at Chelsea . — 'Shortly before eleven o ' clock on Monday night a young woman whose name , re-

      Sidencc, Or Connection Was Uot Known, Co...

      sidencc , or connection was uot known , _coiuinitteu suicide in the river Thames , very nearly opposite Cremome Gardens entrance , by jumping _itoni the embankment into the water . Although the clothes of tho deceased remained in sight several nunutes , irom thc want of a boat vory little exertion could be made to save her . From her dress and appearance it would appear that she had been _leadins a lite ot profUgavy and _prostttuttoa .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 5, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05091846/page/6/